The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-10

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The following statement of tho aims
and objects of the Worlds w. G. Il. U.
is made i'll reply to numerous questions:
The Worlds w. G. II. U. is proposed
! to be federation of all tho women's
societies engaged in temperance and
social purity work throughout the world,
for the purpose Of mutual enlightenment
and help; and with the object Of creating
Il moral power that shall be felt in the
governments of world.
The w. 6. II. y. Of the United States
hss proved beyond the possibility Of
question that the existence Of a common
organization binding together Il large
extent OF country is Of great advantage
in transmitting from one place to uloth-
rying these suggestions out.
1t is obvious that Il Worlds w. G. r.
U. must necessarily multiply this cilcc-
tivcness in proportion to the extent of
its organization. 1t will provide world
wide network by which temperance and
social purity workers of every nation
may communicate with one another, and
may be enabled to help each other III
their great reforms,
The especial advantages resulting will
be as follows: The workers in each
country will have an opportunity to be
come informed, first, of the methods Of
work successfully carried on in all other
countries; and secondly, of the most
useful provisions Of the already existing
laws on temperance and social purity III
all civilized States, and the methods in
which these laws can be applied with the
advantage and the least risk and also of
all proposed and newly executed laws as
they are brought forward in any nation.
Besides these advantages Of q network
Of communication and & general intcli-
gcncc department, it is intended that
the whole fOrcc of the Worlds Union
shall be turnl Il upon the international
questions affecting social and temDcr-
ance reform. There is work to be
done in this direction in improving the
EXtradltiOn Treaties as occasion arises,
and in bringing pressure to bear against
the forcing Of alcohol and other stimu-
lants and narcotics upon savage and
civilized communities There are
immense and hitherto neglected scandals
IN relation to the forcing Of the worst
forms OF drink upon the natives through
out the continent Of Africa and III other
places, by the so-callcd civilized mcr-
chants Of all natiOnalitics. AS the un-
civilized portion Of the world is ut pres
cnt IN the course OF being rapidly di-
vlded under the nominal sovereignty of
the various great powers, this is exactly
the time when prompt and uniform
action ought to be taken to force every
government to protect these hopeless
people from the awful curse Of the LIQUOR
traffic, as the Dominion of Canada pro
tccts the Indians Of their Northwest
Territory, not onl y by Il strictly en-
forced penal law against furnishing them
with Intoxicating drink, but also by
adopting and maintaining, primarily for
the benefit Of the Indians, a rigid eX-
clusion Of all alcoholic liquors from the
whole territory.
There is at this very moment crying
need Tor international remonstrancc ami
Interference in regard to the administra.
tion Of the great Free State Of Congo,
which was placed under international
control by the recent Congress at Bcr-
lin. The liquor traffic is steadily asstlm-
ing an appalling magnitude in this State
under the sanction and protection Of the
Powers, and is likely, i not arrested, to
utterly ruin the native population, who
arc as helpless as children before its in
roads.
The Worlds Union viii further be Il
great protective agency encncling the
world for the saving of the boys and
girls who arc annually scattering them
selves over every quarter of the globe,
search Of work or of education. Suarcs
ny 10 6.
OF these wanderers, and the organized
mother and sister love Of the World's
w. G. II. L. may be, and we believe will
be, the salvation Of thousands.
1t would also be an Invaluable help to
our work if the literature of temperance
and social purity i'll every country, trans
lated at need, could be the common
property Of women all over the world;
and it is intended that there shall be in
each country central depot under the
control OF the Worlds secretary for that
country, whore specimens and files oi
the literature can be found, and where
price issas Of the larger works in ali Ian.
guages shall be, as far us possible, kept
up to date.
In order to carry out these projects tho
following plan is proposed
l. Prayer by all the members at twelve
o'clock daily.
IL. The circulation of petition iol
signatures among the women Of all nN
tons, to be presented finally to every
government i'll turn, praying for protec
ton for our homes and our children
from the curse OF the liquor traffic anC
| It's attendant evils.
LII. The appointment in each Affiliated
country of treasurer and secretary
whose duties shall be as follows: Tho
treasurer shall receive and disburse all
moneys subscribed or donated for the
work of the Worlds Union in that coun.
try, and shall keep strict account OF
the same. The secretary shall conduct
the correspondence of that country fol
the Worlds Union, and shall be a means
OF cr-communicction with othcl
countries i'll the interests of the work.
She shall look after the temperance and
social interests in tho international
Treaties, and particularly the treatment
of uncivilizcd nations in these respects.
She shall establish a central bureau OF
| information as to all tho work attempted
or carried through in ev0ry country,
along the following limos.